LEESBURG, Va. — One student smiled and nodded hello to the tour group as she entered a glass-walled laboratory-styled space and began poring over a collection of charts, graphs and […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Tuskegee Airman Roberts worked just as hard waging peace
FAIRMONT — You never leave a wounded bird up there, on its own. That’s what they called them, the shot-up B-17s and B-24s, crippled by the German ack-ack fire and […]
Make a date for the ‘Wine & Shine’ Festival Saturday
With Valentine’s Day 2024 now on the books, let’s just say that – well – it could have gone better. The store-bought bouquet was hardly vase-worthy. And the over-priced, under-cooked […]
Mon Schools wants to be an official part of the opioid settlement talks
A letter from Monongalia County Schools will be going out in the next couple of weeks or so, requesting admission to an exclusive, critical club in the region. The district […]
Mon BOE: ‘I don’t think it can be over-stressed, what we’re trying to do here’
ALEX, the artificially intelligent medical mannequin and current star of Monongalia County Schools’ MedEd program, can do a lot of things. Board of Education members discovered that during their meeting […]
‘Miracle’ child galloping into recovery
Guests checking in Saturday morning at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place just had to look over, as they jockeyed their suitcases and garment bags to the front desk for […]
Tales of the Toothpick: Marion County’s Sam Jones was the first Black Major Leaguer to pitch a no-hitter
MONONGAH — Wait ’til next year. Now, the above is a baseball cliche, even more beat-up than your old Rawlings glove from Little League. Back then, though, it was a […]
Healing, after homeroom
Alex, an outwardly genial 66-year-old wearing a ballcap emblazoned with the “M” of Morgantown High School, was reclining on an exam table, politely considering every medical query tossed his way. […]
February is Career Technology Education Month: Mon’s district is still working toward construction of the county’s first STEM school
Close to 45,000 high school students in West Virginia last year took career technical education courses as part of their day-to-day. More than 7,000 were graduates from such programs. And […]
Rita Tanner: Appreciation of place, sense of community
Rita Tanner played a mean game of badminton. She regularly nailed the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. In pen, no less. At her professional peak as a Realtor, she […]
